Penny Blossom

[Jislane35]

maybe that was the goal. It seems infantilizing Penny And Sheldon is one of the top ways to put a stop to the chemistry.

That's very true and it's no wonder that they have very few scenes alone together for longer than a few minutes anymore in fact now that I think about it if they didn't find those two as a romantic pairing so threatening they would've already given them a bit of a chance by now. Instead they had to alter their behavior with one another from the early seasons and have them treat each other as if they were merely good acquaintances or getting to know one another for the first time all over again since Leonard and Amy have drifted them apart and because of that have forgotten just how unique their friendship once was. It's a pretty tragic tale...